Archive for June 14th, 2008

Joey Logano became the youngest winner in Nationwide Series history Saturday night, cruising to victory in the Meijer 300 at Kentucky Speedway.

The 18-year-old Logano, making his third series start, took the lead from teammate Kyle Busch with 53 laps remaining and rolled on after Busch spun out with 37 laps to go.

Logano, at 18 years, 21 days old, broke the age record of 18 years, 10 months, 26 days set by Casey Atwood in 1999.

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Driving like a veteran, 18-year-old Joey Logano won in only his 3rd race to become the youngest winner in Nationwide series history.

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Ryan Newman got his dad an early Father’s Day gift this year. Now, the two hope to achieve more success, Lee Spencer says.

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Despite the pleas of Kentucky Speedway’s prospective new owner, a NASCAR official says there will be no Sprint Cup race at the track next year.

NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said Saturday that the 2009 Sprint Cup series schedule won’t include a stop at the 1.5-mile tri-oval located about halfway between Louisville and Cincinnati.

“There will not be a NASCAR Sprint Cup series race at Kentucky on the 2009 schedule,” Poston said before the Nationwide Series Meijer 300.

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Erik Darnell beat Johnny Benson in a photo finish Saturday in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Michigan International Speedway.

Darnell, who gave team owner Jack Roush his fourth truck victory and 17th race win overall on the two-mile Michigan oval, was on his way to what looked like an easy victory until rookie Mark Mitchell scraped the wall and brought out a caution flag seven laps from the end.

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Kevin Harvick isn’t impressed with the attitudes of some of the young drivers who have arrived in NASCAR in the last few years.

In the wake of a meeting on Friday in which NASCAR president Mike Helton asked drivers to complain less and be more mindful of the economic woes affecting fans, Harvick said Saturday a lot of the grousing is coming from drivers who haven’t been around long.

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Looking for a surprise pick for Sunday’s race? Steve Byrnes says Elliott Sadler is your choice — if his team can outsmart the rest.

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Two suspended officials are the same two accused of exposing themselves to a former co-worker who has filed a $225 million lawsuit against NASCAR alleging racial discrimination and sexual harassment, the Associated Press has learned.

Tim Knox and Bud Moore have been placed on indefinite administrative paid leave.

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Starting Line Up by Row
Michigan International Speedway
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Sat, June 14, 2008 @ 11:41 AM Eastern
154.044
Speed
Time
01:17:54
07/26/03
Date
Driver
Brendan Gaughan 
Track Race Record:

Cool City Customs 200
1
5
Mike Skinner
Toyota Tundra Toyota
41.156
174.944
Row 1:
2
2
Jack Sprague
RVs.com Chevrolet
41.157
174.940

3
30
Todd Bodine
Lumber Liquidators Toyota
41.158
174.936
Row 2:
4
8
Chad McCumbee
Malcolmson Construction Chevrolet
41.200
174.757

5
22
Scott Speed #
Red Bull Toyota
41.239
174.592
Row 3:
6
51
Kyle Busch
Miccosukee Resorts/NOS Energy Drink 
41.259
174.507

7
9
Justin Marks #
crocs Toyota
41.299
174.338
Row 4:
8
23
Johnny Benson
Exide Batteries Toyota
41.311
174.288

9
33
Ron Hornaday Jr.
Camping World Chevrolet
41.319
174.254
Row 5:
10
09
Bobby East
Zaxby’s Ford
41.324
174.233

11
99
Erik Darnell
Northern Tool + Equipment Ford
41.344
174.149
Row 6:
12
15
Marc Mitchell #
Hyprene Ergon Toyota
41.381
173.993

13
59
Ted Musgrave
Team ASE/Harris Trucking Toyota
41.418
173.837
Row 7:
14
60
Terry Cook
Wyler.com Toyota
41.431
173.783

15
21
Jon Wood
Air Force Ford
41.511
173.448
Row 8:
16
4
Stacy Compton
Suburban Chrysler Jeep Dodge Dodge
41.550
173.285

17
18
Dennis Setzer
Melling Performance/Dodge Dodge
41.604
173.060
Row 9:
18
7
T.J. Bell Jr.
TRG Motorsports Chevrolet
41.630
172.952

19
6
Colin Braun #
Con-way Freight Ford
41.643
172.898
Row 10:
20
88
Matt Crafton
Menards/Ideal Door Chevrolet
41.658
172.836

21
14
Rick Crawford
Circle Bar Truck Corral/Power Stroke Diesel 
41.709
172.625
Row 11:
22
13
Shelby Howard
Bobcat Chevrolet
41.749
172.459

23
46
Regan Smith
 Chevrolet
41.826
172.142
Row 12:
24
11
David Starr
Red Horse Racing Toyota
41.891
171.875

25
10
Brendan Gaughan
International MAXXFORCE Diesel Ford
41.897
171.850
Row 13:
26
71
Donny Lia #
Nationrides.com Chevrolet
42.051
171.221

27
16
Brian Scott #
Albertsons Chevrolet
42.105
171.001
Row 14:
28
40
Chad Chaffin
Westerman Companies Chevrolet
42.156
170.794

29
12
Mario Gosselin
Crashedtoys.com Chevrolet
42.200
170.616
Row 15:
30
08
Jason White
GunBroker.com Dodge
42.440
169.651

31
74
Nick Tucker
 Dodge
42.551
169.209
Row 16:
32
0
Chris Jones
ASI Limited Chevrolet
42.743
168.449

33
07
J.C. Stout
ASI Limited Chevrolet
43.639
164.990
Row 17:
34
73
Rick Markle
 Dodge
44.480
161.871

Did Not Qualify:
None.
Starting Lineup
DNQs
Manufacturer
Starting Lineup
DNQs
Manufacturer
Chevrolet
13
0
Dodge
5
0
Ford
6
0
Toyota
10
0
Time
Speed
Team
Driver
Trk

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Tony Stewart has been lurking so far this season, but Mike Harmon says Michigan is the place to start his summer charge.

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